Harlem Times Staff

Helping Africa: Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance Conference

April 5, 2014 The needs of Africa are staggering. In both economic and social areas, for humanitarian concerns and in the world’s enlightened self-interest, the international community should become more aware of and involved with this continent. Appropriate physical infrastructure, effective banking systems, energy distribution, and so on are hallmarks of developed societies. Adequate water […]

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Harlem’s Own Essie Green Galleries: Black Master Works within Reach

In Harlem’s historic Sugar Hill district there is a wealth of black history housed in a quaint corner brownstone at 419A Convent Avenue. There you will find the renowned Essie Green Galleries, home to artworks by African American artists, such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Lois Mailou Jones, and Norman Lewis. Sherman Edmiston is President

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Open House & Open Hearts: REBNY Harlem Open House Expo

Uptown brokers to showcase exclusive co-op, condo, and townhouse listings; Participants encouraged to support Mayor’s Fund and Harlem Building Explosion Relief Efforts Contact:  Johann Hamilton, JHamilton@rebny.com    212.616.5250 NEW YORK, March 25, 2014 – The Real Estate Board of NY residential members are preparing to hold the 2nd Annual Upper Manhattan Committee Harlem Open House Expo,

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NYU-Poly—Old Friends Unite and Look to the Future

On January 30th leaders from science, engineering, higher education, business and government met at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to celebrate the union of New York University and the Polytechnic School of Engineering. While the official merger happened on January 1st, 2014, the relationship between the schools is longstanding. The NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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Neil deGrasse Tyson—Ambassador to the Universe

By now you’ve probably seen an episode or two of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey. An orchestral tune plays behind stunning galactic images. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson zips across the Universe, defying the laws of space-time, while crossing into the unknown in his “Ship of the Imagination.” Tyson coolly puts on black sunglasses right before the

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Songs and spiritual hymns from the Emmy and Grammy award winning Soweta Gospel Choir.

On The Town: Celebrating 20 Years of Freedom and the Legacy of Nelson Mandela

It was 20 years ago that decades of racial apartheid were brought to end in South Africa. On February 13th, guests from around the world joined President Bill Clinton, Morgan Freeman, and the Soweto gospel Choir to pay tribute to the man responsible for South Africa’s democratic independence; the late South African President Nelson Mandela.

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